Cold Rain + Shawn= Hypothermia
I didn't really get hypothermia but I was pretty uncomfortable today. Dunt and I had plans to go to the Quabbin res today but mother nature had other plans. We didn't want to drive all that way to get cut short by weather so we stayed local. I had smallies on the brain and since Dunt lives close to the Merrimack river that's where we went. When I got up and looked outside I was like, cool it's not raining. When I left the house the first drops began to fall as I walked to the car. Have I ever told you how much mother nature hates me? Well, it's a lot. I get to his house and the rain is steady. We get to the river and start unloading and it's the hardest rain of the day. WTF? We're here, we're fishing. We head out and I'm throwing a buzzbait and Dunt's throwing a KVD squarebill. Nothing. We go straight to our most productive spot named "The Tree of Life". No takers. I was switching between the buzz and KVD but something deep inside me said when it's raining, there can only be one hero...WHITE LIGHTNING!!!! I tied on the money jig, cast to a downed tree and hook up with a LMB probably just under 2 pounds. Dunt ties on a jig. Within a few minutes my line jumps and I set the hook. Swing and a miss. As I'm aboutto reel in for another cast I get hit again. It's fast. I feel the fish and then the line's cut. There are some big pickerel in there. We go a long time without any action. We decide to head back and as we are heading up the opposite bank I get a hit. It's a good fish but then gets off. I blame it on being frozen. It was raining off and on and the temp was around 55. At this point I'm shuddering a bit and am just uncomfortable. I make a cast to a tree branch, feel the tic and set the hook. Another Larry about 2 pounds. We continue up the bank and come to a long black rubbery looking dock. I set the hook and finally get the jumping super fighting smallie. These are my favorite fish by far. I fight it all the way to the boat and decide to swing it in but just rip the hook out and she's gone. I counted it. As we were close to Dunt's house he requested to be let off to run home for a few and he'd meet me up the river. I didn't catch any fish while I was alone but I did lose another jig. This time stuck on the bottom. My top 2 producing jigs gone. Looks like it's time to restock. I meet up with Dunt and shortly after he hooks up with a fat little Larry about the same as my two. We give the tree of life another shot but since Dunt's wife made chicken soup and he reported to me that it was awesome we decide that it's time to pack it up.
We get to his house and the chicken soup is indeed delicious. It was actually the best soup I had ever had. It wasn't the trip we had been thinking about but it's always a good time with Dunt rain or shine and when there's some fish involved.
Sorry no pics or video. We deemed them unworthy
You know how it is Rog, once you get out of the cold rain you don't wanna go back
I did just get iphone 5. I've always used this http://usstore.aquapac.net/mini-whanganui-waterproof-case-iphone-5-uss108-136.html. It's one of the first things I bought after my boat. Everybody who fishes should protect their phone. I took my iphone in the pool with aquapac.